Shaky-Cam: DIY Bike Tripod

This DIY project combines bikes and cameras, a sure-fire way to make it into the pages of Gadget Lab. Better, it’s a super-simple and rather ingenious hack, straight from the cunning mind of cyclist and photographer Brian Green.

Brian wanted to mount his camera on the handlebars for on-the-road shooting. Above you see the solution — a bike reflector mount coupled to a tripod-sized machine-screw. The reflector mount clamps down on the tubing, just as it is designed to do, and the screw holds the camera in place.

Not that we recommend taking a camera and bolting it to a rigid, shaking, vibrating metal bar. What we like about Brian’s hack is that it could be used anywhere. The addition of a wing-nut would make this an instant camera-clamp for steady shots, and small and light enough to fit in your pocket. Like we said — ingenious.